Lock whip-socket.



LID/874,591. PATENTED DEC. .24, 1907, '0. M. HOEREGOTT' & H. 0. EBY.

LOCK WHIP SOCKET.- AIPLIGLTION FILED AUG. 6, 1906.

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CARL M. HOEREGOTT AND HENRY G. EBY, OF .IOLLEY, IOWA.

LOCK WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24:, 1907.

Application filed August 6, 1906. $erial No. 329,500.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL M. HoERneoTT and HENRY C. EBY, citizens of the United States, residing at Jolley, in the county of Calhoun and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Look VVhip-Sockets; and we do-hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in sockets and more particularly to that class adapted to receive and support whips in vehicles and our object is to provide means whereby the whip may be locked within the socket to prevent the casual removal of the same. 7

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is an elevation of a socket showing the lower end of a whip seated therein and locked in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the socket showing the whip secured therein, a portion of the lower end of the whip being broken away. Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view through the socket. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the lower end of a whip showing a different form of retaining member secured thereto, and, Fig. 5 is a view, partly in section, of that form of securing device shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a socket which is preferably tubular in outline and provided at its lower end with a closure 2, through the central portion of which is an opening 3, while the upper end of the socket 1 is constructed in the usual or any preferred manner and provided with the usual form of gasket 4; to centrally dispose the whip 5 in the socket.

Dis osed in the lower end of the whip 5 is a sha t 6, said shaft being pointed at one end and provided with retaining prongs 7 while the opposite end is provided with an eye 8, said eye extending beyond the lower end of the whip so that when the whip is placed in the socket 1, the eye 8 will project through the opening 3. A pad lock 9 is then secured to the eye 8 which will result in securely lockin the whip within the socket 1, so that it wil be impossible to remove the whip until the lock has been removed from the eye 8. If preferred, however, the shaft '6 may be dispensed with and the thimble like retaining member 10 disposed over the end of the whip 5 and secured thereto by passing a rivet or the like 1 1 through the walls of the retaining member and interposed end of the whip, the lower end of the retaining member being provided with an eye 12, so that when the whip is disposed into the socket the eye 12 will be directed through the opening 3 after which the lock 9 may be secured therein.

It will now be seen that we have provided a convenient, durable and economical device for locking the whip within the socket so that the same cannot be removed therefrom at will thereby preventing any one from stealing the whip and it will be readilyunderstood that the eye upon the lower end of the whip may be utilized for hanging the whip upon the wall or other convenient place when not in use.

What we claim is:

The combination with a socket having a rounded bottom and an opening through the extreme lower end thereof, of a whip resting on said bottom, said socket being of greater diameter than the portion of the whip inclosed thereby, a shaft entering the lower end of said whip and extending longitudinally axially thereof, prongs at the inner end of said shaft extended laterally beyond the shaft and adapted to engage the contiguous parts of the whip and hold the shaft embedded therein, an eye integral with and extending beyond the end of the whip and adapted to extend entirely through the opening in the socket and a lock adapted to engage said eye and. secure the whip within the socket said lock being of greater dimensions than the opening in the bottom of the socket.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL M. HOEREGOTT. HENRY C. EBY. Witnesses:

DAVID H. .MOIVIULLEN, F. O. MALLORY. 

